Dewey County Obituary
Sunnyside Cemetery

aka Vici

WILLIAM CONRAD "CONNIE" BAKER

10 Sep 1941 - 6 Dec 2011

© Woodward News
December 19, 2011
Reprinted with permission
Submitted by: Ann Weber

Woodward, Okla. — William Conrad “Connie” Baker was born on September 10, 1941 on the Baker family farm southeast of Vici, Oklahoma. Connie was the youngest of three children born to Virgil and Clara Baker.

Connie was raised on the Centennial farm. He passed from this life on December 6, 2011 in Vici, Oklahoma. Connie attended Vici Public Schools through the eleventh grade. Shortly after leaving school Connie met the love of his life, Betty Jean Icenogle. The couple was married on December 26, 1957. Connie was a strong sixteen year old and Betty a beautiful fourteen year old. This union was blessed with five children: Patti, Penny, Lorri, Kari and Toby.

In 1963 Connie and Betty together were baptized in the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn, at the Baker family farm pond, by Brother Harvey Randall. The couple traveled for about four years before settling in Woodward, OK, where their first daughter Patti was born. Connie worked for the city of Woodward for awhile and then at Fenimore Machine Shop as a machinist. During this time the family moved to Vici where Penny was born. In 1970, they moved to the family farm where Lorri, Kari and Toby were born. He then went to work for Dewey County and worked for 6 years before becoming foreman and then county commissioner. He worked for the county for 23 years. After working days at the county he would spend nights and weekends working on the farm. He and Betty put a lot of time and hard work in keeping the farm going. They raised pigs, cattle and various crops, but they always did it together. One of the things Connie loved to do was work with his hands. He was very talented at wood and metal work. He could make something out of nothing and could figure out almost anything. He loved to fish, hunt and enjoyed traveling to Alaska with his family. After God called their daughter Kari home in 1989, they created Betty’s Bouquets out of love for the brethren and community. Connie and Betty shared 53 wonderful years together until God called her home on April 14, 2011.

Connie was preceded in death by his loving wife Betty “Icenogle” Baker; his parents, Virgil and Clara Baker; daughter, Kari Baker; grandson, Derek Rossiter; two great grandchildren, Ashlyn and Dylon Bates; brother, Alvie Baker; sister, Joan Salisbury and husband Bud; in-laws, Arthur Icenogle and Emma Josephine Dulyea and two sisters-in-law Edna Longfellow and Velma Lund.

He is survived by three daughters, Patti Branson and husband Robyn of Vici, Oklahoma, Penny Gregory and husband Lynn of Vici, Oklahoma, Lorri Lund and husband Jeremy of Clinton, Oklahoma; son, Toby Baker and wife Cara of Vici, Oklahoma; sixteen grandchildren, Crissa Bailey and husband Bill, Cachly Lund and husband Dustin, Coy Branson, Shaela Shreeves and husband Christopher, Heidi Gregory, Amber Clothier and husband Jerith, Lynn Gregory Jr., Broady Gregory, Leah Baker and Lilly Baker, Bret Lund and wife Aleshia, Alisha Mohite and husband Shashank, Mikayla Rossiter, Aspen Baker, McKenzie Baker and Sarah Baker; nine great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Pat Dorn and husband Chuck, three brothers-in-law, Sam Longfellow, Bill Icenogle and wife Betty, Rich Icenogle and wife Francis; many nieces, nephews and other family members and a host of friends and brethren. He will truly be missed by all who knew him.

Funeral Services were held Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the Church of the Firstborn, Vici, Oklahoma with burial following at Sunnyside Cemetery. Services arranged by Shaw Funeral Home, Vici, Oklahoma. Condolences may be made to the family and video tribute viewed at shawfuneralhome.net.